Announcements from newly installed governor make good on budget cutting promises. By Jason KUROSU Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his budget plan Monday, a budget rife with cuts and plans to increase taxes in order to combat a ballooning deficit. The billions in cuts might have come as a shock to some if not for Brown’s […]
“When there is talk of violence let us up stand up and talk against it. In the face of death let us honor life.” President Bill Clinton’s speech after the Oklahoma bombing. “In this trial we have been reminded and the world has seen that our fellow Americans are generous and kind resourceful and brave.” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 9,400 square foot gymnasium has been proposed for the Chamlian School at 4444 Lowell Ave. Students attend the school from kindergarten to eighth grade. The gymnasium is to be built within the existing location. “There are a number of buildings at the school,” said Tim Foy, assistant director of planning for […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A man jumped a counter at the La Crescenta Post Office at about 8 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9 and stole a box of mail. Anyone who mailed items at the La Crescenta Post Office between the hours of 5 p.m. on Saturday and 8 p.m. on Sunday is advised to submit […]
June W. Dougherty June W. Dougherty, long time La Cañada Flintridge resident, died Thursday, Jan. 6 of natural causes. She was 90. Born Aug. 5, 1920 in Los Angeles, June’s family moved to Arcadia in 1932 where she attended Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School. In 1942 she received a BA in home economics from UCLA […]
The classic game show “Let’s Make A Deal” is back with a new take on the iconic favorite. La Crescenta resident Karen Gentry will be a contestant on the show. She will appear on Jan. 19. Will she take home something from the fabulous Big Deal of the Day or maybe the dreaded “Zonk.” “Let’s […]
Over the New Year’s weekend, two women in Willowbrook were fatally poisoned by carbon monoxide after deciding to use their gas home oven to keep warm, and three others in the City of Inglewood nearly lost their lives using a faulty gas wall heater. Los Angeles County firefighters are urging residents to use their home […]
I’ve been writing “My Thoughts, Exactly” once a week for several years now. Over the course of nearly 150 columns, I’ve extolled, criticized, expressed outright sarcasm, dished out a bit of humor (hopefully), and admitted to wonderment, optimism, hope, concern, frustration and despair about any number of things. I’ve griped about mail carriers and trash […]
Yeah, you heard me right. There’s a gang of winos hanging out in Deukmejian Park. “We’re not ‘winos.’ We’re ‘wineaux’!” says Stuart Byles, president of the newly formed Stonebarn Vineyard Conservancy. Their goal is to celebrate the historic practice of vineyard cultivation and winemaking in the Crescenta Valley. The Conservancy, in cooperation with the City […]
By Jason KUROSU A study of 700,000 English language learners in 1997 found that students in two-way bilingual Immersion classes performed better than students in other English language learner programs and in some cases, better than Native English speaker students in English by fourth and fifth grade. This type of dual immersion program has found […]